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Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces to visit Australia

29.9.2017 16.00Press release

The Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, General Jarmo Lindberg will be going on an official visit to Australia 29 September - 5 October 2017. The visit will be hosted by Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, Chief of the Australian Defence Force.

This a reciprocal visit for General Lindberg to meet Air Chief Marshal Binskin who visited Finland in January 2017. Major Antti Rajahalme, Aide de Camp to the Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, will travel with General Lindberg.

The Finnish Defence Forces' Finland 100

The theme of the Finnish Defence Forces' Finland 100 Jubilee Year is National defence is everybody's business. The national parades of 2017 will be arranged on 4 June in Helsinki and the Independence Day parade on 6 December in Kuopio.